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Starting Strength Gyms

Starting Strength Gyms

Partial FDD data
fitness
Meets our QA bar · 0.90Unclaimed profile
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Total to open · Item 7
$267K–$708K
Costs more than 42% of fitness brands →
Franchise fee · Item 5
—
Not disclosed in the filing on record
Owner turnover
—
Awaiting Item 20 extraction
Factbook Score
Pending
not enough data yet
✓ No bankruptcy disclosures✓ No litigation disclosed✓ Shares earnings data · Item 19Why these flags?

Beyond the filing

Everything else on this page is quoted from Starting Strength Gyms's franchise disclosure document. This is not — it is measured off the open web, it is not verified by the franchisor, and it never affects the Factbook Score.

Customer rating
5.0 / 5
1,541 Google reviews across 20 locations
Website health
10 / 10
Basic checks: HTTPS, mobile viewport, speed, metadata. Most sites clear them
Store locator
No
No finder on their site, so customers can't look up a nearby branch from it
iPhone app
None found
No App Store listing matched this brand
Android app
None found
No Play Store link on their site — an app they don't link from their homepage would read the same way
Google returns at most twenty locations for a search, so the rating is a sample of Starting Strength Gyms's outlets rather than all of them. Measured Sep 11, 2026.
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Opening a Starting Strength Gyms: $267K–$708K
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Royalty
8%
Franchised units
—
3-yr unit growth
—
CAGR from Item 20

What it really costs

Every cost figure this brand's filing discloses — not just the headline range

Total initial investment · Item 7$267K–$708K
$0$1.0M
ExpenseLowHigh
Initial franchise fee——
Total initial investment$267,257$707,518

Item 7 reports a total range, not a full line-item breakdown, in this brand's filing excerpt — the franchise fee is the only cost we can show separately today.

Costs more to open than 42% of fitness franchises on this site with a disclosed Item 7 range (130 compared). Computed from total investment, not a figure from the filing itself.

Earnings disclosure

Does the franchisor share performance data? Yes

Average revenue—
Median revenue—
Sample size—

Legal history

CLEAR
No bankruptcy disclosures for the franchisor or its officers.
CLEAR
No litigation disclosed under Item 3.
NOT DISCLOSED
Non-compete term/radius wasn't separately quantified in the filing excerpt we have on file.

Tell me when Starting Strength Gyms files something new

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Common questions

Answered from this brand's own FDD filing. Where the filing is silent, the question is left out rather than answered with a guess.

How much does a Starting Strength Gyms franchise cost?

Starting Strength Gyms' most recent Franchise Disclosure Document puts the total estimated initial investment at $267K–$708K. That is Item 7, which covers everything needed to open — the franchise fee, build-out, equipment, opening inventory and initial working capital.

What royalty does Starting Strength Gyms charge?

Starting Strength Gyms charges a continuing royalty of 8% of gross sales, disclosed in Item 6. Royalties are charged on revenue, not profit, so they are owed whether or not the outlet is profitable.

Does Starting Strength Gyms disclose earnings (Item 19)?

Yes. Starting Strength Gyms makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is optional under the FTC Franchise Rule, and gross revenue is not profit — it is stated before royalties, rent, staff and every other cost.

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Facts on this page are sourced from Starting Strength Gyms' Franchise Disclosure Document.